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LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

Enlarge (credit: Leon Neal | Getty Images) Already smarting from a breach that put partially encrypted login data into a threat actor’s hands, LastPass on Monday said that the same attacker hacked an…

Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU

Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On Friday, Meta announced a new AI-powered large language model (LLM) called LLaMA-13B that it claims can outperform OpenAI's GPT-3 model despite being "10x smaller." Smaller-sized…

Signal CEO: We “1,000% won’t participate” in UK law to weaken encryption

Enlarge / Signal app on a phone. (credit: Getty Images) The nonprofit responsible for the Signal messenger app is prepared to exit the UK if the country requires providers of encrypted communications to…

Ukraine suffered more data-wiping malware than anywhere, ever

Enlarge (credit: Celestino Arce/Getty Images) Amidst the tragic toll of Russia's brutal and catastrophic invasion of Ukraine, the effects of the Kremlin's long-running campaign of destructive cyberattacks against its neighbor have often—rightfully—been treated…

US Copyright Office withdraws copyright for AI-generated comic artwork

Enlarge / The cover of "Zarya of the Dawn," a comic book created using Midjourney AI image synthesis in 2022. (credit: Kris Kashtanova) On Tuesday, the US Copyright Office declared that images created…

A world of hurt for Fortinet and Zoho after users fail to install patches

Enlarge Organizations around the world are once again learning the risks of not installing security updates as multiple threat actors race to exploit two recently patched vulnerabilities that allow them to infect some…

Generative AI is coming for the lawyers

Enlarge (credit: James Marshall / Getty Images) David Wakeling, head of London-based law firm Allen & Overy's markets innovation group, first came across law-focused generative AI tool Harvey in September 2022. He approached…

Viral Instagram photographer has a confession: His photos are AI-generated

Enlarge / Jos Avery uses Midjourney, an AI image synthesis model, to create images that he then retouches and posts on Instagram as "photos." (credit: Avery Season Art) With over 26,000 followers and…

Limited data sets a hurdle as China plays catch-up to ChatGPT

Enlarge / Baidu is leading the ChatGPT AI charge in China with plans to incorporate its Ernie chatbot into its search engine from next month. (credit: SOPA Images via Getty) China’s tech giants,…

Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot eagerly writing a submission to Clarkesworld. (credit: Ars Technica) One side effect of unlimited content-creation machines—generative AI—is unlimited content. On Monday, the editor of the…